Research Profile
- Theology and Literature
- Common Home
- Archaeology of the discursive practices of theology
- Epistemology of complexity
- Theology of Culture
Teaching Profile
- Theology and Literature
- Hermeneutics of Religious Texts
- Bible & Theology
- Political Spirituality and Contemporary Culture
- Theological Anthropology
Selected Publications
Books
- (ed. with Alfredo Teixeira) Desporto e ca(u)sa comum. 1 ed. Universidade Católica Editora: Lisboa, 2022.
- (ed. with Sganzerla, A., Radvenskei, I., & Luís Nascimento, S.). Epistemologias Sul-Sul: do mar que nos separa às pontes que nos unem. PUCPRESS: Curitiba, 2022.
- Teologia e Poesia em Carlos Drummond de Andrade: Busca de Sentido e Razão de Recusa de Deus. Universidade Católica Editora: Lisboa, 2021.
- Introdução à epistemologia do fenômeno religioso: interface entre ciências da religião e teologia. Intersaberes: Curitiba, 2020.
- Teologia em diálogo com a literatura : origem e tarefa poética da teologia. Paulus Editora: São Paulo, 2016. (Coleção Teologia em Saída).
- (ed. with Ottaviani E, Boechat). Deus entre a filosofia e a teologia contemporânea. São Paulo: Appris, 2014.
- Meio Ambiente & Teologia – Série Meio Ambiente, n. 14. Editora SENAC: São Paulo, 2012. (Meio Ambiente & Outros saberes).
- (ed. with Kuzma C. Religiões em reforma: 500 anos depois. Edições Paulinas: São Paulo, 2017.
Articles
- Villas Boas, A., Esperandio, M. R. G., Caldeira, S., & Incerti, F. (2023). From selfcare to taking care of our common home: spirituality as an integral and transformative healthy lifestyle. Religions, 14(9), Article 1168. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091168
- Villas Boas, A., & Lamelas, I. (2022). The meaning of ‘spiritual’ as integral health: from hippocrates of Kos to the potamius of Lisbon. Religions, 13(9), Article 848. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13090848
- Villas Boas, A., Teixeira, A & Zeferino, J. (2022). Public theology in the context of the religious dualization phenomenon in multiple modernities. International Journal of Public Theology, 16(2), 223–243. https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-20220041
- Villas Boas, A. (2020). Spirituality and health in pandemic times: lessons from the ancient wisdom. Religions, 11(11), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110583.
- Villas Boas, A. (2019). The understanding of the spiritual exercises in Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Ignaziana – rivista di ricerca teologica, 28(2019), 190-216. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/32858.
Contact
CITER – Research Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Palma de Cima
16049-023 Lisboa – Portugal
Phone: +351 217 214 000
E-mail: alexvboas@ucp.pt
Homepage: https://ciencia.ucp.pt/en/persons/alex-villas-boas
